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Sheriff: Suspect In Detroit-Area Synagogue Attack Dead; First Purported Message From Iran's New Supreme Leader; Kerry: Iran War Could Get "Out Of Control"; Trump Administration Shrugs Off Surging Oil Prices. Aired 3-4p ET

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MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: I'm Max Foster, bringing you up to date with that breaking news that we've been following for you.

Police in the state of Michigan say a suspect rammed his car into a synagogue, had a rifle. According to the sheriff, the suspect drove through

the doors of the building, would you believe? And down a hall before security there engaged the person in gunfire, he adds. The suspect was

found dead inside the vehicle.

It happened at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, near Detroit. Now, the facility also houses a school and according to police, the

students are safe, thankfully. It's worth noting that temple Israel has one of the largest congregations in the United States. Now, the sheriff also

confirmed that the suspect was the only person who had been killed.

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SHERIFF MICHAEL BOUCHARD, OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN: We believe there is one individual deceased in the vehicle. It's been complicated because there was

some fire, to say the least, with that vehicle. We believe that individual is deceased. No kids -- this is the important thing -- no kids or no staff

was injured whatsoever. Okay? So we have no victims other than one of the lead security people was hit by the car and was taken to the hospital for

treatment.

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FOSTER: Well, one local lawmaker who himself is Jewish told CNN a few minutes ago that an attack like this was his biggest fear.

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NOAH ARBIT, MICHIGAN STATE HOUSE DEMOCRAT: I think it's important to understand this is the largest synagogue in North America, and by

membership. And the idea that, you know, this issue that I work a lot on hate crimes and domestic terrorism would come home to roost at my synagogue

in my own community is -- is simply my worst nightmare.

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FOSTER: CNN law enforcement contributor, Steve Moore, is with me.

Does feel like something very seriously, potentially serious was foiled here by some quite incredible work on the ground.

STEVE MOORE, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTRIBUTOR: Yes, it was obviously. I think there was there was planning behind this. There was -- there was some

-- logistical assistance somehow, somebody got him some explosives or he got them himself. And as someone who has worked Jewish community center

shootings, it -- it's -- it comes down to those defenders. You cannot anymore be in a world where you do not defend your schools and your

children

FOSTER: We were hearing from Steve Miller that someone looked in the back of the car and they appeared to be mortars. What do you understand that to

be? I mean, what might they have been seeing there?

MOORE: Well, I agree with John in that there are two types of mortars. If you've ever -- I mean, obviously, you've seen them on the battlefield.

They're like, they look like large darts about a foot tall. But they're also mortars which are used for firework demonstrations. If you, if you've

ever been to a fireworks show and who hasn't? Those fireworks that are shot up into the sky are called mortars also, but you have to realize that those

things are highly explosive and have an immense amount of kinetic energy and are easily as dangerous as any of the military mortars.

FOSTER: If we take a look at the aerial view, I don't know if we've got that at the moment, but we were told by the police that it appears that the

security shooting at the car ignited the car, and there's this smoke coming up from the building. It really does suggest that even if there were

fireworks, it could have been extraordinarily dangerous if the kids were still in the hall.

MOORE: Oh, I think if you had had a detonation -- you know, and we say even if fireworks and I -- and I understand that, but they are -- they could

have blown half that building apart. If you've seen fireworks factories go up, they level buildings for blocks. So, this could have been massively,

devastatingly worse. And it's just -- you know, the grace of God and the -- and the security officers who actually stopped this.

FOSTER: I know you never like to speculate about motives at this point, but I mean, the reality is that Jewish sites have seen increased security,

haven't they, since the beginning of the war in Iran. And that will inevitably be part of this investigation.

MOORE: Absolutely, it will. And frankly, I worked white supremacist crimes. I worked at antisemitic crimes when I was in the FBI.

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And whenever we heard of a shooting at a Jewish facility, we just -- we just responded because almost every time, it was going to be an attack

based on religion and whether this was triggered by the Iran engagement, recently, or whether this was simply, simply a hate crime or a domestic

terrorism crime. There are people who are willing to do this at any time commit crimes against the Jewish community and it's not simply because of

Iran.

If we had not attacked Iran, there would still be a person who had the capability and the inclination to get a truck full of explosives and drive

it into a school full of children.

FOSTER: And in your experience from the FBI in incidents like this, how often would this be a completely lone wolf? Surely, someone would have

known something about this.

MOORE: Yeah, the more -- the more involved the situation is. Obviously, the more it indicates that other people would have known about it. If he's got

a truck full of explosives, it's going to be hard to convince me that somebody didn't know something about it. And so, whether he was a lone wolf

or not, I would guess that he -- somebody knew about it. With the amount of equipment and supplies he had, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he had

active assistance.

FOSTER: Okay. Steve Moore, I know the police will be looking into that as we speak thank you so much for joining us with your analysis.

MOORE: Thank you.

FOSTER: And we're going to go to the war in Iran because today, for the first time, we are purportedly hearing from Iran's new supreme leader.

Iranian state TV read a message that it says came from Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named supreme leader just days ago. There have been reports that he

was injured in early days of the attack on Iran, and he hasn't been seen since then.

In today's message, though, Khamenei said Iran must keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and he vowed revenge on the U.S. and Israel.

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PURPORTED MESSAGE FROM IRAN'S NEW SUPREME LEADER: Two final points is for those authorities who would implement these orders and carry out these

services. We will ask for compensation from the enemy. If we can't get compensation from the enemy, we will destroy their properties as much as

they have destroyed ours.

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FOSTER: The former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tells me this war is one of the worst crises in decades, and no one should underestimate Iran's

abilities.

Kerry, who led negotiations with Iran during the Obama administration, was speaking at a CEO summit hosted in London by King Charles for his

sustainable markets initiative. Kerry told me the war could get even more out of control.

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JOHN KERRY, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: I think it's very dangerous. I hope that diplomacy will reenter in a very forceful way in the next days. I

think it's incredibly important for the world that folks find an off ramp here and begin a very legitimate and important dialogue about the road

ahead.

But this is underscoring to everybody in the world the importance of energy independence, of not being held hostage to other people's choices. And as

it did in 1973, when we had the oil crisis, I think this will remind people and perhaps speed up some of the transition and energy.

FOSTER: Would you say it's one of the worst crises in decades?

KERRY: I would. I think it is because it has the potential of getting even more out of control. I mean, I think if people have a feeling that there's

no off ramp and it's going to have a profound impact, you've already seen what's happened to oil production, gas production. You've seen what's

happened to prices, that will flow down into everybody's economy if it goes on too long. And I think it's really important to avoid the potential of

somebody completely misreading or further misreading how one choice will affect others.

FOSTER: I want to ask you about the environmental damage you might be concerned about because overnight we saw thick black smoke over parts of

the Middle East. They are targeting installations. Are you concerned about that?

KERRY: Well, needless to say, in any war the environment is probably the last thing that anybody thinks about. And clearly, there are huge costs

that that occur as a result of environmental catastrophes that are manmade because they were hit by a missile or hit by an artillery shell.

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And that's -- that's all part and parcel of what needs to be addressed in the context of getting an off ramp, figuring out, you know, when you have

achieved the goals that you've set out to achieve.

FOSTER: You led on negotiations under Obama with the Iranians do you think this administration has misjudged the asymmetric way that the Iranians are

looking at this? I mean, it's an economic war.

KERRY: I have said many times in answer to questions about what happens if this happens that no one should underestimate Iran's capacity to conduct

asymmetrical warfare. They've proven it previously. They are practiced at it. And I don't know to what degree, if at all, those considerations were

taken into account here in the decision-making.

FOSTER: Can I ask you about energy security? This has exposed our reliance on Middle Eastern oil. Do you think this is a wake-up call for the world as

well?

KERRY: Absolutely, clearly. That is one of the outcomes of what is taking place right now. No nation is going to want to leave itself exposed to the

vagaries of other people's choices about war or environment or, you know, whatever else the considerations may be, and that certainly will enter into

people's consideration here.

FOSTER: One of the solutions you're proposing is -- well, it has been -- you have been proposing for some time is the sustainable markets

initiative. It's a complex idea, isn't it? But in layman's terms, how do you think that could provide a solution to people concerned about what's

happening right now?

KERRY: Well, His Majesty King Charles has for years been focused on the challenge of the environment and of climate, and he's been a serious,

serious student in every respect to what the priorities need to be and where we need to put our efforts. And he felt that business needed to come

to the table, that governments alone didn't have the capacity to be able to do what we need to do to affect this transition.

And I agree with him 100 percent. I think he was prescient in that visionary about what we need to do, which is business needs to step up and

see that in fact, in transitioning from some of the bad practices that we engage in, there's actually money to be made. You actually can have profit.

There's a whole marketplace there.

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FOSTER: John Kerry speaking to me a little earlier on.

Now with Iran continuing to attack Persian Gulf energy targets, Donald Trump had an unexpected response today. The president posted on social

media the high oil prices are actually good for the U.S., since the country is the top oil producer.

And Mr. Trump's energy secretary says all of this is a short-term loss that will lead to long-term gain.

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CHRIS WRIGHT, U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY: This was a can that could not be kicked down the road one more administration. We need to defang and we are

defanging Iran's abilities to threaten American troops in the areas its allies, its neighbors and global energy markets. So, yes, you've got to go

through short-term pain to solve a long-term problem.

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FOSTER: Well, oil prices briefly moved above $100 a barrel earlier today. Right now, they are hovering in the mid $90s. It's worth noting that oil

was trading under $70 a barrel just two weeks ago. So, it's up significantly.

Meanwhile, new strikes on Beirut. This is a look at Lebanon as smoke rises in the capital city there after Israel issued mass evacuation orders.

Migration experts are warning that ongoing Israeli strikes could push the number of displaced people in Lebanon to more than a million within days.

Jeremy Diamond is following this story for us from Tel Aviv.

I mean, these are extraordinary numbers.

JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely, and we've been witnessing the Israeli military continuing to conduct waves of strikes in

Lebanon. A lot of the strikes that we've seen today and last night followed a very large barrage of rockets that was fired by Hezbollah, more than 100

rockets aiming towards northern and central Israel. A couple of impacts as a result of those rockets, one of which was about 45 minutes north of Tel

Aviv, a home that was partially destroyed that I visited today quite extraordinary to see Hezbollah still having the ability after so much

fighting, has already gone on, Hezbollah still having the ability to strike a home about 60 miles away from the Israel-Lebanon border.

The Israeli military, for its part, carrying out strikes today, not only in the southern suburbs of Beirut, known as the Dahieh, that Hezbollah

stronghold, but also in the central part of Beirut today, which was quite a stunning scene to see and one that, of course, is quite terrifying for

civilians living in that capital city.

And, of course, we have witnessed as this conflict is really beginning to take a real toll in Lebanon, with more than 600,000 people have been

displaced.

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And now, of course, there's also the threat of the Israeli military, which has already conducted multiple special operations raids inside of Lebanon.

The possibility that this could also turn into a full-scale ground offensive by Israel into up to the Litani River in southern Lebanon, about

25 kilometers in. We know that that is on the table. We know that there are discussions between the prime minister and his security cabinet about that

very possibility.

And tonight, the Israeli prime minister once again vowing that Hezbollah will pay a heavy price. He says they will feel our power and understand

that they made a very serious mistake by deciding to join this conflict in support of Iran -- Max.

FOSTER: Jeremy in Tel Aviv, appreciate it. Thank you.

Coming up, the oil economy, we look at how the conflict in the Gulf is impacting the entire world.

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FOSTER: Iran is stepping up its attacks on oil targets in the Persian Gulf.

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FOSTER: We got these pictures that appear to be from an Iranian attack on an oil tanker near the coast of Iraq. At least six vessels have been struck

near the Strait of Hormuz in the past two days. Iran's supreme leader purposely or purportedly rather, issued a statement today where he vowed

that Iran would keep Hormuz closed.

So, what we want to know is what will the global fallout be from Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz?

Joining me now is Eswar Prasad, a professor at Cornell University and author of "The Doom Loop".

Thank you for joining us, Professor.

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Just on what we heard from the supreme leader today, vowing to keep it shut. It is an insight into his strategy that, you know, as Donald Trump

may decide to end the war, but Iran in a way, may decide to end the economic war.

ESWAR PRASAD, PROFESSOR, CORNELL UNIVERSITY: That's true. I think what we're getting is a very clear signal from Iran that it is prepared to

prolong this war if needed, and disrupt trade flows through the Straits of Hormuz. And that's a very important conduit for oil and a few other

commodities as well coming out of the Middle East.

So, this could have a pretty significant ramification for the world economy. We've already seen oil prices jump a little bit above $100 a

barrel for the main benchmark, but they've come down a little bit. But the reality is that if oil is around $90 to $100, that's certainly going to be

a significant hit on many of the world's major economies, including the U.S. and China.

FOSTER: We should remember things like fertilizer. A lot of that comes from the Middle East, doesn't it? We should also remember that -- well, the U.N.

today was warning that humanitarian aid isn't getting into the Middle East, because they also use these big cargo ships using the Strait of Hormuz. So,

it is having a widespread impact on all sorts of products, so a lot of African nations, as I understand it, use the fertilizer.

PRASAD: That's right. This is going to have a significant effect on a broad range of commodity prices. And there are two indicators that I think we

need to look for in terms of how disruptive this is going to be for the world economy. The first is how long this war is going to last.

And, you know, President Trump has talked about you know, Iran already being at the edge of collapse Iran is showing no signs of the regime -- of

significant regime change. The other issue is whether this war is going to broaden across much more of the Middle East. You know, some parts of the

Middle East have already gotten engulfed in this including Lebanon.

But it's possible that there could be even greater broadening. And that's going to affect not just shipping through the Straits of Hormuz, but even

the supply of oil through some of the main oil producing countries in the Middle East.

So, I think the next few weeks are going to be critical to see how broad and prolonged this war is going to be, because that really is going to hurt

a broad range of commodities, not just oil.

FOSTER: Can we just talk about if the strait reopens and how long it will take the market to recover? Because I was listening to an oil analyst

describing how there's actually -- it's about flow rate. You're going to have to get the flow going to catch up with the lack of supply in other

parts of the world. And you can't actually increase that flow rate very quickly. So, it's going to take months to refill the stocks outside the

Middle East.

PRASAD: Yeah, that is certainly an issue when one thinks about flows through the Straits of Hormuz and it's worth keeping in mind that the

Straits of Hormuz account for somewhere in the range of 25 to 30 percent of global oil trade, which is a pretty significant amount. And getting that

flow back up is going to be quite a challenge.

But in addition, there is a lot of uncertainty and volatility that has been unleashed even if it looks like the war is bearing down, it doesn't look

like there is going to be a rush to get a lot of traffic going through the Straits of Hormuz, because that region is going to remain volatile for a

while. So even in the best-case scenario, I think it is going to take at least a few months for the disruption to flow that we've seen to have an

effect. And in a not so good scenario, it could potentially have even stronger effects both on prices and on flows.

But of course, if it looks like the war is going to end pretty quickly, if there is going to be resolution one way or the other that means that

futures prices, that is prices forecast in the future could start settling down a bit. And that could mean that oil markets and oil prices begin to

start settling down. But certainly, we've still not seen some of the ratcheting up effects. And usually in the oil markets ratcheting up tends

to happen very quickly, coming back down takes a longer time.

FOSTER: But you know, to end it soon would take negotiation, wouldn't it, with the Iranians to say, please clear the Strait of Hormuz. So, they're

actually, you know whilst they may be in a militarily weaker position, they're actually in quite a strong negotiation position, aren't they, with

the U.S.?

PRASAD: That is true. This is -- this could turn into a bit of a war of attrition because certainly the U.S. and Israel have very strong military

capabilities that do seem to be overwhelming Iran to some extent. But at the same time, Iran does have this very effective choke point. And I think

what Iran is recognizing that it has already been able to unleash quite a good deal of economic havoc, and that remains a very strong bargaining

position for -- for Iran.

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So, the question is what exactly the U.S. and Israel really want of Iran at this stage? We haven't seen significant regime change at the moment. With

the old powers taking the place, you know, of old leaders but nothing substantial changing on the ground.

I think the U.S. might be counting on a groundswell of you know, regime change from the people of Iran. And we haven't seen too much evidence of

that yet. The regime does seem to be able to stay in power and that certainly means that Iran is going to have significant negotiating leverage

with -- with the U.S.

FOSTER: Yeah. It's interesting, isn't it? Eswar Prasad, author of "The Doom Loop", really appreciate you joining us today.

The final moments of trade then on Wall Street, stocks are sinking today. The Dow Jones down more than 500 points.

This is our Business Breakout.

U.S. mortgage rates climbed sharply this week as the markets reacted to President Trump's war on Iran. The average rate of a standard fixed 30-year

mortgage spiked to 6.17 percent. This is the biggest weekly increase since April 2025.

The cost of chartering a private jet has soared as well, with Uber wealthy travelers scrambling to leave the Middle East. The war with Iran has caused

the biggest disruption to commercial air travel since the COVID-19 pandemic. With many international routes grounded, some travelers have

resorted to paying astronomical fees to charter flights.

The war against Iran is now disrupting the global fertilizer industry, as I was saying, threatening supplies that are critical for food production

around the globe. The Middle East is home to some of the world's largest fertilizer plants, and up to about 35 percent of global trade in those

materials. Those raw materials moves through that Strait of Hormuz.

Now, the war with Iran also disrupting everyday life in the Gulf nation of Kuwait.

Our Nic Robertson reports from a fish market there to see the economic impact filtering through.

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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Even fish could become a new front in this war. Reason, really simple. It's harder for the

fishermen to get out to sea. The government is giving them fewer permits.

So here in Kuwait, famous fish market, there's fewer local fish coming in. There's fewer international fish being brought in. This is all because of

the war with Iran. The Strait of Hormuz, not far away. Iran even closer.

The fishermen here going out to sea every day. Their caches are down and that risk pushing the prices up. So even in the crowd here, you've got

government officials monitoring the prices, making sure there's no price gouging. Everyone thinks of Kuwait and the oil exports, and that's the

effect on the economy and the Straits of Hormuz being closed.

But there are ground realities even in the local domestic economy. The fish market is just part of it. Government officials here, their buildings have

been hit by missiles. They're working from home. Celebrations during the -- during Ramadan. They're being affected as well. People aren't gathering the

same way.

Life is being affected here. But this fish market is a place where you can see how much life is being upended by the war. The prices are a measure of

that. The governments here to make sure the prices don't go through the roof.

People's feelings about the war, there's nothing they can do about it. They say they wonder why Iran, a friendly neighbor, formally is doing this to

them. The ground reality is the longer the Strait of Hormuz is closed, the longer the waters that they fish in are dangerous, the longer the impact

and the bigger the impact is going to be here.

The government is doing everything they can to mitigate against it, but it's a war that they don't control. It's a war that they feel caught up in.

And the fish market here, it's a war. They're just trying to survive in everyone just trying to get by as best they can.

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FOSTER: Well, that was Nic Robertson in that fish market. But still to come, a message attributed to Iran's new supreme leader includes a vow to

keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, using it as a tool of pressure. We'll examine that just ahead.

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FOSTER: Iran is vowing revenge on the United States and on Israel. In his first purported message, new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Tehran

will strike back following the death of his father at the start of the war.

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PURPORTED MESSAGE FROM IRAN'S NEW SUPREME LEADER: I gave this assurance to people that we will not forget. We will revenge on the blood of your

martyrs. This revenge is not only for our martyred leader. It's actually for those who are martyred by the enemy. We will take a full revenge.

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FOSTER: Nick Paton Walsh joins me now from Amman, Jordan, to take a look at that.

I mean, what did you make of what he said, Nick? And why do you think we didn't -- he didn't deliver it himself?

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: You might argue he wasn't there in person or audible in person for security reasons.

But to be honest, that's something of a stretch, ultimately, given how his entourage would had to have weighed up providing the proof-of-life and

health to the entire nation, not just the White House as well.

And Iran's growing list of adversaries, versus the slim possibility that somehow that recording might have led the Israelis to fulfill their promise

to kill the next in line to the previous ayatollah that they just killed, Mojtaba Khamenei. So a lot of questions, I think, rather than answers given

by the choice to put that seven chapter message in writing that Iranian state TV said was actually his handwriting, an odd thing to feel they had

to say. And that it was read by a female anchor on television.

Ultimately, I think that's the all-clear siren -- sorry, Max, it is an awfully penetrating noise, so you might want to turn this down. It goes on

for some time we've just seen one rocket fly past the city of Amman. Often the path potentially for rockets coming from Iran. I would understand if

you find this noise too penetrating to carry on, but let me try continue to talk to you about that message from Mojtaba Khamenei. It was extraordinary

in its content, I think, in that we didn't really learn anything majorly new. I think the world had been waiting for to see if there was a new

policy from this new supreme leader

But ultimately, he said, the Strait of Hormuz would be closed. That's already the case. Essentially said that's some kind of leverage against

Gulf nations, really to the ultimate goal. I paraphrase here entirely of getting them to kick United States military out of the bases in that

particular region.

He also demanded reparations for Iran, frankly farfetched at this particular time. Unclear how that would even work in the midst of a

conflict or after some kind of peace deal or concession, and then finally suggested, too, they would look for surprise, i.e. maybe soft targets for

Iran to strike at the United States through.

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So, nothing there of great revelation. And I think ultimately the big takeaway from that speech is that he didn't deliver it in person or with

his own voice -- Max.

FOSTER: Yeah, it was interesting. Nick, thank you for talking through that alarm you have.

It's a story of the Middle East right now. We'll be right back.

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FOSTER: King Charles has gathered some of the world's top chief executives to try to chart a course for a more sustainable future. You heard earlier

from John Kerry speaking to me at Hampton Court Palace in London, the King Sustainable Markets Initiative, that's his group focused on how businesses

can help the environment.

And Kerry is just one of the voices. They're calling for action on energy of the future.

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KERRY: So, I think what his majesty has been trying to do and he's been incredibly successful in bringing so many really thoughtful, very respected

CEOs of companies together. He's accelerating that. He's helping to act as the catalyst.

CHRIS MOWRY, CEO, TYPE ONE ENERGY: What's going on here at this SMI event is a really important in the sense that we are really catalyzing the

commercialization process here.

ANDREW CUNNINGHAM, CEO, GEOPURA: Many large organizations have been thinking this way now for -- for a couple of years now, at least, where

they're beginning to see vulnerabilities. So, we work with the ministry of defense, for example, here in the U.K. They certainly are thinking in terms

of can we rely on fossil fuels to do what we need to do?

MARTIN SOLTAU, CO-CEO, SPACE SOLAR: It's a really important it has brought home that energy security is a key part of both national security and the

quality of life for people in. In our model of civilization, it energy, affordable, abundant energy. That powers everything.

ANNE FINUCANE, CHAIR, RUBICON CARBON: This, of course, opens the door to more renewables, more solutions in the renewable space, and less reliance

on fossil fuels.

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KERRY: The choice is whether we want to use some of nature's own power to solve some of the problems we face. We've learned through the science,

which he has encouraged, that there are a lot of options available to us for how we protect the planet.

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FOSTER: And finally tonight, the head chef and co-founder of one of the world's highest rated restaurants, Noma, has resigned in the wake of abuse

allegations. Rene Redzepi announced he's stepping down from the Michelin- starred Copenhagen restaurant via social media on Wednesday. This followed a report by "The New York Times", which detailed allegations of physical

and psychological abuse made by 35 former staff members. CNN has contacted Redzepi for comment, but often rated as the best restaurant in the world.

I'm Max Foster. Stay with CNN. We'll have more after the break.

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